I was sleeved Wed, 4/10... had my gallbladder out and large hernia repaired also. Doing fine emotionally but can't seem to eat it drink nearly enough - I have no interest....

I would rather sleep, which is totally not me- I'm not a Napper at all, I'm a very busy, active person ...

Is this normal?

for the thick protein shakes, I find them more palatable (thinner and less sweet) if I think them out with almond milk--I shake them in a shaker. I tried the Unjury cheese sauce and it was IMO inedible. Soooo salty and just gross and processed. I love their traditional protein powders though! The Syntrax are really good too--totally agree with you about the chocolate truffle.

I made pudding with 2% milk and extra protein. 2oz is about 7 G protein. It's pretty good too. You can add a little lite cool whip and its even better.

I went back thru my book and decided that I must be eating too slow and not eating enough. So, for lunch I had 2 oz cottage cheese in about 20 minutes, switched the laundry then had 2 oz of protein pudding. That makes a 14 G protein lunch. We'll see if this makes me feel a little better.

I think most of the problem is that I am just not hungry!

Ok... Sooo It seems like you both are sort of like me then. I am a HUUUUUUGE Foodie. If it is gross' date=' I wont eat it no matter what. I tired about 6 different Protein drinks and all were yucky, wretched, evil, versions of protein. That costco & Sam's club one was waay to sweet and thickenly gross.

Take a trip into Vitamin Shoppe and buy a 1.99 sample packet of Syntrax nectar in Either chocolate truffle (so delicious), strawberry mousse, or vanilla Bean Torte. They have Fruit flavors but I can ALWAYS taste the protein in them. I want to try the Double stuff cookie (Oreo & milk) flavor soon.

unjury chicken Soup and Strawberry sorbet is REALLY good too and VERY smooth. Not one person could identify the protein taste in those. You can get samples of Unjury online but mine took about 2 weeks to arrive.

From what I have found, The Syntrax Nectar flavors and Unjury seem to be the best. My kids even drink this stuff! Plus they are so versatile that you can add them into real food! Unjury also has cheese sauce that others have said they loved.... I missed out on trying it. Both brands are not too expensive and go a very long way. I get my Nectar from vitacost.com and Unjury from Unjury.com[/quote']

I have all the Nectar flavors, I ordered the sampler pack.....I still taste the protein although it is not as sweet as most of the other powders or premixes. I have a sample pck I ordered from Unjury but everything I have tried I can taste that protein...even the unflavored. I have not tried the chicken soup yet....cause the other tasted so bad to me. But I may give that a shot. I

The only thing that taste tolerable has been the Isopure alpine punch. I put that over ice. It just lets a coating on my tongue that is driving me crazy. But I have to get some protein in some how.

Went for my first post op follow up today. Surgeon felt like I will do better as I progress with my diet. But OMG, I heard the word exercise no less than 4 times before he went on his merry way.

Today I got a can of Campbell's chicken noodle soup, added more chicken broth to it strained out the noodles and bits of chicken. That was yummy but only 3 gms of protein. I made pudding with skim milk so I will try that when it sets. I think I am so ready to eat again.....I so miss my veggies!

Oh yes, I was very tired starting out!

for the thick Protein shakes, I find them more palatable (thinner and less sweet) if I think them out with almond milk--I shake them in a shaker. I tried the unjury cheese sauce and it was IMO inedible. Soooo salty and just gross and processed. I love their traditional protein powders though! The Syntrax are really good too--totally agree with you about the chocolate truffle.

Well, I guess I wont be trying that. Besides, I think I can do waay better with the real stuff and make my own sauce. I do agree with you on the unjury powders though!

Ajeeprider, the first day back I swear I lived off of the Chicken soup from Unjury. For the Strawberry sorbet I mixed it with yogurt and milk. I know a lady who mixes it with lemonade, but I thought that taste was a little gross.